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Frank Welch

Frank Tiguer Welch (Bugger)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 10, 1897 in Birmingham, AL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1919
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1919-1927

Final Game: August 13, 1927
Died: July 25, 1957 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1919 PHA AL 21 CF 15 15 15 43 37 2 4 0 .907 2.60 .961 2.64
1919 PHA AL 21 OF 15 15 15 44 38 2 4 0 .909 2.67 .958 2.26
1920 PHA AL 22 OF 97 96 94 222 194 14 14 4 .937 2.14 .962 2.25
1920 PHA AL 22 CF 68 67 66 163 143 9 11 2 .933 2.24 .966 2.55
1920 PHA AL 22 RF 29 29 28 59 51 5 3 2 .949 1.93 .958 1.91
1921 PHA AL 23 OF 104 101 97 283 251 16 16 2 .943 2.57 .960 2.33
1921 PHA AL 23 CF 98 97 94 275 244 16 15 2 .945 2.65 .962 2.67
1921 PHA AL 23 LF 4 3 2 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.50 .959 2.38
1921 PHA AL 23 RF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .960 1.97
1922 PHA AL 24 OF 104 99 98 214 191 12 11 2 .949 1.95 .964 2.31
1922 PHA AL 24 RF 94 91 90 194 173 11 10 2 .948 1.96 .954 1.85
1922 PHA AL 24 CF 6 5 5 13 11 1 1 0 .923 2.00 .968 2.70
1922 PHA AL 24 LF 4 3 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 .969 2.40
1923 PHA AL 25 OF 117 114 113 275 253 13 9 4 .967 2.27 .965 2.38
1923 PHA AL 25 RF 111 109 108 269 247 13 9 4 .967 2.34 .960 2.12
1923 PHA AL 25 LF 5 5 5 7 6 0 1 0 .857 1.20 .966 2.36
1924 PHA AL 26 OF 74 73 72 137 120 15 2 2 .985 1.82 .970 2.39
1924 PHA AL 26 RF 71 70 69 140 124 14 2 2 .986 1.94 .968 2.02
1924 PHA AL 26 CF 3 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.80
1925 PHA AL 27 OF 57 42 41 94 85 6 3 3 .968 1.60 .965 2.43
1925 PHA AL 27 RF 57 42 41 94 85 6 3 3 .968 1.60 .966 2.08
1926 PHA AL 28 OF 49 39 35 81 75 4 2 1 .975 1.61 .966 2.34
1926 PHA AL 28 LF 28 24 22 49 46 2 1 1 .980 1.71 .965 2.30
1926 PHA AL 28 RF 20 14 12 31 28 2 1 0 .968 1.50 .964 2.00
1926 PHA AL 28 CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33 .970 2.73
1927 BOS AL 29 OF 6 6 5 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 2.00 .964 2.35
1927 BOS AL 29 RF 6 6 5 12 9 3 0 1 1.000 2.00 .955 1.97
9 Seasons OF 623 585 570 1362 1216 85 61 19 .955 2.09 .964 2.34
8 Seasons RF 391 362 354 800 718 54 28 14 .965 1.97 .961 2.01
6 Seasons CF 193 188 184 498 438 29 31 4 .938 2.42 .963 2.63
4 Seasons LF 41 35 32 72 67 2 3 1 .958 1.68 .965 2.32
9 Seasons TOT 623 585 570 1362 1216 85 61 19 .955 2.09 .964 2.34
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1919 PHA AL 21 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 15 0 0 0
1920 PHA AL 22 100 96 100 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 29 97 0 3 0
1921 PHA AL 23 115 101 115 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 98 3 104 0 12 0
1922 PHA AL 24 114 99 114 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 94 104 0 10 0
1923 PHA AL 25 125 114 125 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 111 116 0 8 1
1924 PHA AL 26 94 73 94 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 71 74 0 20 0
1925 PHA AL 27 85 42 85 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 57 0 28 0
1926 PHA AL 28 75 39 75 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 3 20 49 0 26 0
1927 BOS AL 29 15 6 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 9 0
9 Seasons 738 585 738 622 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 193 391 622 0 116 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 AL  16 (3rd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1920 AL  11 (2nd)
1921 AL  15 (1st)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1923 AL  247 (5th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  11 (5th)
1924 AL  14 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  10 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1920 AL  14 (4th)
1921 AL  16 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1921 AL  2.65 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  1.96 (2nd)
1923 AL  2.34 (2nd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1922 AL  .948 (4th)
1923 AL  .967 (1st)

                                         

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